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Open (Source) for Business: A Practical Guide to Open Source Software Licensing -- Second Edition Paperback – April 4, 2017

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Heather Meeker’s Open Source for Business is a practical, readable guide to help businesspeople, engineers, and lawyers understand open source software licensing. Based on the author’s twenty years as an attorney working at the crossroads of intellectual property and technology, this guide explains the legal and technical principles behind open source licensing so you can make the right decisions for your business. It offers tips on using open source, contributing to open source projects, and releasing your own open source software. You'll also get access to quick-reference tables on the major open source licenses, plus forms and checklists you can use to promote compliance. In this book, you will learn . . . • Why open source is not a “virus” • What the GPL is and how to handle it • When and how to conduct open source audits • What a user-friendly open source policy looks like • How to avoid and respond to open source enforcement claims • How to use open source to fight patent infringement claims • How to manage trademarks for open source products

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284 pages
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English
Publication date

April 4, 2017
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6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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1544737645
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978-1544737645
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2nd edition (April 4, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1544737645
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1544737645
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches

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Heather Meeker is a partner in O’Melveny & Myers’ Silicon Valley office in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group and a Founding Portfolio Partner at OSS Capital.

Meeker advises technology clients on intellectual property matters, including licensing and collaboration arrangements, software copyright and patent issues, technology procurement, open source licensing strategies, and intellectual property issues in investments, mergers and acquisitions. She is an internationally-known specialist in open source software licensing. Her latest book, Open Source for Business, is a definitive handbook for lawyers, engineers, and businesspersons on open source licensing in business. Her Technology Licensing: A Primer, is a widely used handbook for technology licensing specialists.

In 2019, Meeker was named by Business Insider as one of the ten people transforming the way the technology industry does business, along with the CEOs of Salesforce, Stripe, and Microsoft. She was the only lawyer on this list.

Meeker is widely recognized for her leadership in intellectual property licensing law, with Chambers USA, the Legal 500, Best Lawyers in America, and SuperLawyers naming her among the industry’s top lawyers in multiple years. She received the prestigious IP Vanguard Award for private practice from the Intellectual Property Section of the California state bar for 2016. In 2012, Best Lawyers named her its “San Francisco Information Technology Law Lawyer of the Year.” In 2018, she was named one of the top Women Leaders in Tech Law by The Recorder. The Daily Journal named Meeker to its list of “Top 100 Women Lawyers in California” in 2013, and has named her twice to its list of “25 Top IP Portfolio Managers (Licensing) In California.” Managing IP named her to its “IP Stars - Top 250 Women in IP” list in 2013.

She is a member of the Advisory Council for the American Law Institute’s projects on Principles of the Law of Software Contracts (2010) and Restatement of Law, Copyright (ongoing).

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Joe A

The author is has a great reputation in Silicon Valley

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019

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This book was suggested to me by engineering manager in Silicon Valley who claims that Heather Meeker, the author, is THE authority in open source licensing law there. As a developer, this book helped me understand how the law thinks about open source software. She goes over the entire range of licenses and points out why the standards are what they are.
Heather Meeker’s writing style was my favorite part of the book. She is a lawyer and it shows. Since law is not my field, I had never read anything like this before. It was a great change of pace, and I appreciated her well-crafted arguments. It helped me think about licensing questions from a different perspective, it was enlightening.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020

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Meeker is the go-to source for open source licensing expertise. Highly recommended for attorneys that advise on open source issues and for developers that would like to better understand the risks and pitfalls of using software licensed under copyleft licenses.

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Tilly Soothsayer

Excellent book for technology lawyers and engineers/architects alike.

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

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Ms. Meeker's subtitle of "practical guide" hits the nail on the head. Her analysis is a true marriage of the law, complexities of the OSS, and actual needs of organizations. Whether your business is just a consumer of OSS, or your company is neck-deep in OSS development - this book is a must-read for both the lawyers and engineers.

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Brett Fattori

If you're starting or managing an OSPO, you need to read this

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017

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If you are in software, you should read this book to get a great understanding of the license landscape. However, I can't recommend this enough to OSPO mangers everywhere. It helped me to better interface with my legal counsel and understand their concerns better.

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FK

Excellent for open source licensing

Reviewed in India on April 28, 2019

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Excellent book, explains the fundamentals including technological concepts very clearly. Also one of the few affordable options in the market.

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Thoughtful, concise, and thorough

Reviewed in Germany on May 16, 2017

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A thoughtful and tightly-written book on open source licensing and particularly copyleft licensing. Highly recommended for anybody wanting to understand the legal issues and risks surrounding open source licensing, be it for a community project or for commercial software.

Interestingly, Germany is the preferred legal jurisdiction for GNU GPL litigation because its national copyright law is the most open source friendly.

One small matter for the next edition, should the author be reading: an extended treatment of open data and open data licensing issues would be fantastic.

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Michael

Good for Understanding OSS

Reviewed in Japan on October 14, 2019

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The author is a lawyer and has a carrier as a programmer. Therefore, This book is persuasive not only from legal point of view but also engineering point of view. This book may be the best one covering OSS, except her forms of writing.

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